2. ConAgra Foods (CAG) is acquiring Ralcorp Holdings (RAH) for about $5 billion to create one of North America’s largest packaged-food companies.

3. U.S. medical device maker Baxter International (BAX) is near a deal to buy Swedish competitor Gambro for about $4 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal.

4. VistaJet Holding ordered 56 aircraft from Bombardier (BBD/B:CN) in a deal valued at $3.1 billion. The luxury air-charter company took options for 86 more, which would raise the total to $7.8 billion.

5. Siemens (SI), the German maker of high-speed trains, is buying Invensys’s (ISYS:LN) rail unit for $2.8 billion. U.K.-based Invensys, a two-century-old company, makes the software used to run London’s subway.